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James Gunn lauds Dave Bautista's acting skills
James Gunn has praised Dave Bautista for being an actor who takes his "craft seriously".The 54-year-old filmmaker has worked with the former WWE wrestler on the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' movies and he has praised...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th January 2021
David F. Sandberg is always learning as a director
David F. Sandberg believes "there is always room for improvement" in directing.The 39-year-old filmmaker has helmed the DC Extended Universe flick 'Shazam!' and horror movies such as 'Lights Out' and 'Annabelle: Creation' during his career...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th January 2021
Lewis Capaldi lands UK's most-streamed album for second year running
Lewis Capaldi's 'Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent' has been named the most-streamed album in the UK for a second year running.The list of the top 10 artists with the biggest records of 2020 has...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Children of Bodom founder Alexi Laiho has died aged 41
Children of Bodom founder Alexi Laiho has died.The former member of the Finnish death metal group - who was also known as Wildchild - has sadly passed away at the age of 41.Supergroup Bodom After...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Bond girl Tanya Roberts dies aged 65
Tanya Roberts has died at the age of 65.Roberts passed away on Sunday (03.01.21) after she collapsed near her home in the Hollywood Hills when walking her dogs on Christmas Eve (24.12.20) and was admitted...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th January 2021
Rubik's Cube movie in development
A film about the Rubik's Cube is in development.Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Endeavor Content are working on both a movie and game show based on the popular puzzle toy.Details about the film...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th January 2021
Demi Lovato is back in the studio, according to Scooter Braun
Demi Lovato's manager Scooter Braun has confirmed the singer is back in the studio.The 39-year-old record executive took to Twitter to announce that his client is hard at work on new music.He wrote: "Demi is...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Ellie Goulding teases new music arriving this month
Ellie Goulding has teased she's set to release new music this month.The 'Close to Me' hitmaker answered fans questions during a Q&A on Instagram Live recently and revealed when they can expect her first new...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Reese Witherspoon thanks supporters of Draper James
Reese Witherspoon has thanked the customers who have "supported" Draper James "this past year".The 'Legally Blonde' star took to Instagram over the weekend to post a picture of her clothing line's store in Nashville, Tennessee,...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 4th January 2021
'You want to have beautiful hands, too': Jennifer Lopez uses facial cleanser on her fingers
Jennifer Lopez uses her JLo Beauty cleanser on her fingers as well - because "you want to have beautiful hands, too".The 51-year-old singer-and-actress - who launched her eponymous brand on January 1 - took...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 4th January 2021
Busta Rhymes pays touching tribute to frequent collaborator and friend MF DOOM
Busta Rhymes has hailed his late friend and collaborator MF DOOM as "a God MC and incredible human being".The rap legend - whose real name was Daniel Dumile - passed away on October 31, a...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Sir Paul McCartney leads tributes to Gerry Marsden
Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his old friend Gerry Marsden following his pal's death.The Gerry and the Pacemakers frontman passed away at the age of 78 after suffering a heart infection and the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 4th January 2021
Dame Judi Dench wants audiences to 'forget Brexit worries' with new film
Dame Judi Dench hopes her new movie will help audiences "forget about Brexit".The 86-year-old actress portrays eccentric medium Madame Arcati in the adaptation of Noel Coward's comedy 'Blithe Spirit' and she wants the film to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th January 2021
Anne-Marie says performing for Sir Tom Jones was 'pretty mad'
Anne-Marie found performing in front of Sir Tom Jones to be a "mad" experience.The 29-year-old singer is starring alongside Tom, Olly Murs and will.i.am on 'The Voice UK', and in October, Olly got her to...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd January 2021
Female director numbers 'reach an all-time high'
Female director numbers reached an all-time high in Hollywood in 2020.The Celluloid Ceiling, which has tracked employment trends in the film industry for the last 23 years, reports that for the second consecutive year, there...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd January 2021
Boyzlife get ‘big’ pants thrown at them
Boyzlife get bombarded with “remarkably big” underwear these days.The duo – comprising former Westlife singer Brian McFadden and Boyzone’s Keith Duffy – admitted they don’t get as many fans throwing their pants at them as...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd January 2021
Beanie Feldstein worked in gift shop
Beanie Feldstein worked in a gift shop for nearly a month to master a distinctive Black Country accent.The 26-year-old actress spent a month living in Wolverhampton, the setting of her movie ‘How to Build a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd January 2021
Thom Yorke hails 'inspirational' MF DOOM
Thom Yorke has hailed MF DOOM as a "massive inspiration".The 52-year-old musician has taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the late rap star, whose death was recently announced by his wife.Thom wrote on the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd January 2021
Patty Jenkins: It's impossible to make a good Star Wars movie in a year
Patty Jenkins thinks it's impossible to make a "good" 'Star Wars' movie in one year.The 49-year-old director currently has various film and TV projects in the pipeline - including 'Rogue Squadron', an upcoming 'Star Wars'...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd January 2021
Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy a better songwriter thanks to fatherhood
Matthew 'Murph' Murphy is “writing better” since becoming a dad.The Wombats frontman and his wife Akemi Topel welcomed daughter Dylan into the world last year and the 36-year-old singer has hailed the tot as a...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 3rd January 2021
Stanley Tucci: Small films need awards recognition
Stanley Tucci thinks awards success is “absolutely crucial” for ‘Supernova’.The 60-year-old actor stars opposite his friend Colin Firth in the film – in which the pair play lovers on a road trip trying to come...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 3rd January 2021
Tori Kelly wants Stormzy collaboration
Tori Kelly wants to work with Stormzy.The 27-year-old singer is “discovering” a lot of British artists after previously working with Professor Green on ‘Lullaby’ and top of her list for a collaboration would be the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd January 2021
Sir Tom Jones to release new album this year
Sir Tom Jones will release a new album this year.The 80-year-old star revealed he has been finishing a new record during the Covid-19 lockdown and he is looking forward to releasing it in 2021.Speaking on...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd January 2021
Gemma Chan proud of Crazy Rich Asians
Gemma Chan was “so proud” to be in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ because it meant a lot to her family.The 38-year-old actress can understand why the comedy – which featured a predominantly Asian cast – was...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd January 2021
Jared Leto star-struck by Denzel Washington
Jared Leto was intimidated by his 'The Little Things' co-star Denzel Washington.The pair star alongside Rami Malek in John Lee Hancock's upcoming thriller but Jared admitted he was star-struck by Washington on set.He said:...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd January 2021
Andrea Riseborough's life-changing role
Andrea Riseborough says filming 'Luxor' inside Egypt's ancient tombs was "life-changing". The 39-year-old actress portrays an aid worker who rekindles an old romance in a bid to forget the traumatic things she's seen in the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd January 2021
John Legend aims for the best
John Legend always wants his work to be the “best” he’s ever done.The ‘All of Me’ hitmaker isn’t motivated by winning awards, but whatever he sets out to do, he always hopes it can be...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd January 2021
Suki Waterhouse recording an album
Suki Waterhouse is recording an album.The 28-year-old actress and model has revealed that she has been working on her music during the Covid-19 pandemic and is excited to release it for the world to hear.She...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 2nd January 2021
Charlize Theron has Tom Hardy self-portrait
Tom Hardy gave Charlize Theron a painting of himself.The two stars famously didn’t get along while shooting 2015 movie ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ so it took the ‘Bombshell’ actress a long time before she hung...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd January 2021
Felicity Hayward relies on festive fashion favourite
Felicity Hayward has had the same December party outfit for five years.The 32-year-old model knows she can always rely on her black sequinned catsuit when she wants to look glamorous over the festive season, and...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 31st December 2020
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